System and method for listening to audio content
View Patent ↗A method including selecting a presentation content group, displaying content identifiers corresponding to the presentation content group, selecting a content identifier, and instantly presenting a substantially live presentation content from a media provider corresponding to the selected content identifier to a user.
1. A method comprising:
receiving a selection of a presentation content group;
in response to receiving the selection of the presentation content group, causing content identifiers corresponding to media content providers to be displayed and automatically pre-buffering content received from the media content providers over the Internet; and
causing presentation of the pre-buffered content in response to selection of a displayed content identifier.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the media content providers comprises an Internet radio station.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the content comprises audio/video content.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the presentation content group is characterized by one or more of a genre, a geographical location, and a user defined grouping.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising refreshing the pre-buffered content at predetermined time intervals.
6. An apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a memory and a computer program configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to:
receive a selection of a presentation content group;
in response to receiving the selection of the presentation content group, causing content identifiers corresponding to media content providers to be displayed and automatically pre-buffering content received from the media content providers over the Internet; and
cause presentation of the pre-buffered content in response to selection of a displayed content identifier.
7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein at least one of the media content providers comprises an Internet radio station.
8. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the content comprises audio/video content.
9. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the presentation content group is characterized by one or more of a genre, a geographical location, and a user defined grouping.
10. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the memory and the computer program are configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to refresh the pre-buffered content at predetermined time intervals.
11. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium and computer readable program code embodied therein with the computer readable program code comprising program code configured to:
receive a selection of a presentation content group;
in response to receiving the selection of the presentation content group, causing content identifiers corresponding to media content providers to be displayed and automatically pre-buffering content received from the media content providers over the Internet; and
cause presentation of the pre-buffered content in response to selection of a displayed content identifier.
12. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein at least one of the media content providers comprises an Internet radio station.
13. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the content comprises audio/video content.
14. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the presentation content group is characterized by one or more of a genre, a geographical location, and a user defined grouping.
15. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the program code is further configured to refresh the pre-buffered content at predetermined time intervals.